Inclus dans:

• Fonds: Fonds Kenneth Frampton, 1958-2016
•    Série(s): Works and teaching, 1965-2016
•      Sous-série: Maison de Verre (1965, 1969), 1965-1981

Personnes et institutions:

• Kenneth Frampton (archive creator)

Titre:

Maison de Verre (1965, 1969)

Date:

1965-1981

Niveau de description archivistique:
Subseries

Collation:

• Approximately 0.03 l.m textual records
  Approximately 203 drawings (including reprographic copies)
  Approximately 63 photographs and prints
  5 negatives
  1 VHS tape

Présentation du contenu:
Located on 31 Rue St Guillaume in Paris, France, Maison de Verre was designed between 1928 and 1931 by furniture designer and architect Pierre Chareau, architect Bernard Bijvoet, and metal craftsman Louis Dalbet. Although the home was built, no original drawings exist for this project. In 1965, as Hodder Fellow at Princeton University, Kenneth Frampton along with Robert Vickery and Michael Carapetian measured the home and its details. Originally, their intention was that this research lead to a book project, but they later published their work as an article entitled "Maison de Verre" in a 1969 issue of Perspecta.

This subseries includes measurement sketches and sixteen axonometric representations on vellum that were produced from this research. Photographs document Maison de Verre and provide various interior and exterior views of the house. Photographs by Michael Carapetian, published in the Perspecta article, “Maison de Verre (1969),” are also included in this subseries. Textual documentation includes drafts of the publication on Maison de Verre, as well as notes, correspondence, and various research files on Paul Nelson, Pierre Chareau, and Maison de Verre.

Numéro de référence:

AP197.S1.SS1

Mode de classement:
Materials related to Maison de Verre were found scattered in various files throughout the archive. These files were consolidated and integrated into this subseries.

Historique de la conservation:

• Materials were originally stored in the Avery Building, Columbia University, New York.

Langue et écriture des documents:

• Mostly English
• French

Sources complémentaires:

• Correspondence related to the Maison de Verre Society, intellectual property, and the roles of people involved with the project can be found in series AP197.S3. Also included in series AP197.S3 is correspondence with the family who owned Maison de Verre.

Contient:

• AP197.S1.SS1.001, The glass enigma: Pierre Chareau's Maison de Verre by Kenneth Frampton, 1965
• AP197.S1.SS1.002, Draft of A propos de la Maison de Verre , 1981
• AP197.S1.SS1.003, Drafts and copies of publication on Maison de Verre , circa 1969
• AP197.S1.SS1.004, Maison de Verre dossier , 1965-1970
• AP197.S1.SS1.005, Estimated time and cost for preparation of material in relation to publishing a survey of the Maison de Verre, Paris, circa 1965
• AP197.S1.SS1.006, Maison de Verre measured sketches, sheets 1-78, circa 1965
• AP197.S1.SS1.007, Maison de Verre survey notes and sketches, circa 1965
• AP197.S1.SS1.008, Photographs of Maison de Verre, 1965
• AP197.S1.SS1.009, Photographs of Maison de Verre, 1965
• AP197.S1.SS1.010, Photographs of Maison de Verre by Michael Carapetian, 1965
• AP197.S1.SS1.011, Newspaper article on Pierre Chareau and Maison de Verre, 1985
• AP197.S1.SS1.012, Maison de Verre as Machine Celibataire, circa 1965-1975
• AP197.S1.SS1.013, VHS tape of La Maison de Verre House 1928-1931- a film by Robert Vickery, 1970
• AP197.S1.SS1.014, Drawings of the Maison de Verre, Paris, France, circa 1965
• AP197.S1.SS1.015, Drawings of Maison de Verre, Paris, France, circa 1965
• AP197.S1.SS1.016, Drawings of the Maison de Verre, Paris, France, circa 1965
• AP197.S1.SS1.017, Drawings of the Maison de Verre, Paris, France, circa 1965